Improvement in scarf-rings



UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

ALFRED SGHOFIELD, OF WRENTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

iMPROVEMENT IN SC ARF-RINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,594, dated January21, 1879; application filed August 19, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ALFRED SoHoFIELD, of Wrentham, Norfolk county,Massachusetts, am the inventor of an Improved Scarf Holder or Clasp, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a scarf holder or clasp intended to slide uponand hold together the free ends of a neck-scarf; and it consists in thecombination of devices or parts, hereinafter particularly named anddescribed, whereby the holder or clasp is held at any desired place uponthe scarf.

Figure 1 is a rear view of a scarf holder or clasp embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on the line a: :0, Fig. 1.Figs. 3 and 4 show the blanks which are struck to form the peculiardevices which are essential features of my invention.

At A is shown the holder or clasp, which is made with the ornamentalfront a, the sides a curved back from or at an angle to the front, andthe flanges (0 which constitute the back of the holder or clasp. Thisholder or clasp A is struck up in a die, and the blank is then bent intothe form shown and described.

The part B is struck up in a die, and the blank shown in Fig. 3 isproduced. The part 0 is similarly formed, and the blank shown in Fig. 4is produced. These two parts B and 0, when mounted in the holder orclasp, as presently to be described, constitute the buckle or retainingclasp device, which holds the scarf holder or clasp in place on thescarf.

In the sides a of the holder or clasp are formed the bearings oropenings d. These are preferably made by recessing or indenting thesides, as shown, and not by punching through the metal. The exterior ofthe holder or clasp at these hearings thus presents a finished surface.The openings 0 are then punched through the sides a of the holder orclasp, as shown.

The blank of the part B is formed with the studs 1) projecting from itssides, as shown, and its lower edge, I), is bent or turned somewhatinward, as shown, and is serrated. It is adapted in size to fitlaterally into the holder or clasp A, as seen in Fig. 1, and it isplaced therein, and its studs 1) are sprung into the bearings d. Theblank of the part 0 has similar studs, 0, and upon its upper edge atongue, 0, which is turned or curved inward, as shown in Fig. 2.

The part 0 is adapted in size to fit laterally into the holder or claspA, as shown in Fig. 1, and it is slipped into place, and its studs 0 aresprung into the openings e in the sides of the holder or clasp, and arethere rigidly secured or fixed with solder. The parts are so arrangedthat the curved jaw of the part B is held against the inside face of thefront of the holder or clasp by means of the tongue 0' of the fixedspring part 0, which impinges upon the rear surface of the part B.

The lower edge, 12 of the part B extends or projects beyond the line ofthe holder or clasp somewhat, and by pressure upon said edge the jaw bis carried away from the front of the holder or clasp.

\Vhen the part B is released from pressure, the part 0, acting as aspring, will force the part B into contact with or against the front ofthe holder or clasp.

It is evident, therefore, that, the scarf ends being slipped between thefront of the holder or clasp and the jaw 12 ofthe part B, the holder orclasp will be held in place, as desired, the scarf being held firmlybetween the jaw and the holder or clasp.

I do not intend to claim, broadly, a clasp or buckle havinggriping-levers, as I am aware that these devices are not new.

I am also aware that lever-buckles have been heretofore made with thebed-plate, upon which the jaw of the griping-lever impinges, yielding orof the nature of a spring, and that such buckles have been also formedwith two pivoted levers, one at each end of the buckle, and actingconjointly, and hence I do not desire to claim these devices.

I desire to limit my claim hereunder to the devices herein shown anddescribed, constructed and arranged to operate as set forth.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In combination with the holder or clasp sides a, and the spring 0,with its tongue 0, A, having sides a, the lever B, with its jaw bimpinging on said lever, all constructed and and the fixed spring 0,having tongue 0, ararranged to operate as and for the purpose ranged toimpinge upon said lever all conspecified. structed to operate as and forthe purpose ALFRED SCHOFIELD. specified. Witnesses 2. In conibinationwith the holder or clasp G. E. BLAGKINTON,

A, the lever B, pivoted in the recesses din the SILAs SCHOFIELD.

